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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:41:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Dave <d_inabox AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Bug in chere
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc:	Nils Jeppe <nils AT pandemonium DOT de>
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.LNX.4.62.0506151058520.29559@tangramayne.pandemonium.de>
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--- Nils Jeppe wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Dave wrote:
> > If I understand what you mean, then I don't think it's possible. However, if
> you
> > can find either:
> > a) the appropriate registry key to modify
 <snip>
> the way to do this is via 
> \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers, but I 
> admit happily to being clueless about the windows registry :D

So it can be done using shell extensions. These require a bit of COM
programming, producing a .dll that needs to be registered.

There are a number of issues:
1. This will only work on shell v4.71 and later apparently - but I don't know
how that ties into versions of Windows.

My MS compiler is a little stale (~v4), so:
2. Are necessary COM headers/templates are available for gcc?
3. And whether gcc would produce a compatible binary?

Finally,
4. Is the extra context menu item worth the effort?

I don't think I'll be able to get around to this for a while (if at all).

For anyone that's interested, here's a link that describes what is required:

http://www.codeproject.com/shell/ShellExtGuide1.asp

Regards,

Dave.


		
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